diff --git a/res/values/styles.xml b/res/values/styles.xml
index 74a5231..1fe8aec 100644
--- a/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
         <item name="android:background">@color/actionbar_background_color</item>
         <item name="android:titleTextStyle">@style/DialtactsActionBarTitleText</item>
         <item name="android:height">@dimen/action_bar_height</item>
+        <item name="android:elevation">@dimen/action_bar_elevation</item>
         <!-- Empty icon -->
         <item name="android:icon">@android:color/transparent</item>
         <!-- Shift the title text to the right -->
diff --git a/src/com/android/dialer/DialtactsActivity.java b/src/com/android/dialer/DialtactsActivity.java
index d7bfb00..00d5937 100644
--- a/src/com/android/dialer/DialtactsActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/dialer/DialtactsActivity.java
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@
         actionBar.setCustomView(R.layout.search_edittext);
         actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);
         actionBar.setBackgroundDrawable(null);
-        actionBar.setElevation(resources.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.action_bar_elevation));
 
         mActionBarController = new ActionBarController(this,
                 (SearchEditTextLayout) actionBar.getCustomView());